Rating of
1/4
A Beatles Abortion
Gabe - wrote on 04/09/08
Holy crap, where do I begin. I suppose at the beginning. When I first heard about this film a year or so ago, I was thinking, awesome, a movie/musical using nothing but Beatles songs. Then later I heard Julie Taymor was going to direct it. My jaw hit the floor and thought, just give it a chance, she can't make it that bad, can she? Well she did. It's horrible. Visually, it's not bad, but those places a few and far between, most notably during "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". The acting was poor and their singing sounded like the Disney Channel got a hold of it and tore the soul right out of the great material. Just, take my word for it and listen to your Beatles albums for the 1 millionth time and stay away from this film.
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Alex - wrote on 04/10/08 at 08:53 AM CT
Across the Universe Review comment
I couldn't disagree with you more. I thought the acting was superb for a musical - and this musical actually tells a story. Best musical in my opinion, maybe ever - but at least since Moulin Rouge.
